Cable-support



0. W. BRENIZER.

CABLE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED SEPTLZEL 1917.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920 .Ihveni'or: 076072 Wflrenz'zar. y gr ,fliiiarney.

'and combinations of ORSON W. BRENIZER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH T0 AN'DREW V. GROUPE,

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CABLE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Application filed September 25, 1917. Serial No. 193,067.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORsoN V. BRENIZER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCable-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cable supports adapted to besupported in spaced relation to each other on a suitable supporting wireand to support a cable eX- tending therethrough.

The object of my invention is to provide a support of novel, inexpensiveand efficient construction which may be formed of a single piece ofwire, and which when applied, will firmly clamp the supporting wire in amanner to prevent displacement of the support when in service and when acable is drawn therethrough.

lVith this and related objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel construction parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the. accompanying drawings illustrating my invention:

Figure 1 is a face View of a cable support embodying my invention andapplied to a supporting wire, the supporting wire being shown insection.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top View thereof.

Fig. 4 is a view showing the position to which the parts of the cablesupport are sprung before being applied to a supporting wire.

Referring to the drawings, the cable support 2 comprises a loop 3 havingend portions 4 and 5, hooks 6, 7 and 8 and an arm 9.

The support 2 is preferably formed of a single piece of spring wire bentto form the loop 3 with its end portions 4% and 5, then bent to form thehook 7, then bent to form the arm 9, and then bent to form the hook 8,as clearly shown in the drawings.

The hooks 6 and 7 form continuations of the end portions 4.- and 5,respectively, of the loop 3, the hook 8 forms a continuation of the arm9 and extends therefrom on lines following the lines of the hook 7 inspaced relation thereto, and the hook 6 is adapted to be hooked aroundthe arm 9 between the hooks 7 and 8, as clearly illustrated.

The support 2 is adapted to be applied to neath the same and is adaptedto receive the cable, indicated at 11, the end portions 4 and 5 of theloop 3 cross each other beneath the wire 10, the hook 7 is hooked aroundthe wire 10 from one side thereof, the hook 6 is hooked around the wire10 from the opposite side thereof and also around the arm 9, and thehook S is hooked around the wire 10 the same as hook 7.

The normal condition of the support 2 is shown by full lines in Fig. 4,and, in ap plying the support 2 to the wire 10, the loop 3 is grasped bythe hand and the parts are sprung into the position shown by dottedlines in Fig. i. The hooks 7 and 8 are then hooked over and around thewire 10 from one side thereof, and the hook 6 is then hooked from theopposite side thereof, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

VJ hen the support 2 is thus applied to the wire 10, the spring actionof the wire forming the loop 3 presses the hook 6 and the hooks 7 and 8toward the wire 10 from opposite sides thereof pressing the hooks 7 and8 firmly into engagement with the wire 10 and pressing the bottom of thehook 6 against the bottom of the wire 10 and the top of the hook 6against the top of the arm 9; and the support 2 is thus firmly clampedto and held in place upon the wire 10 in a manner to preventdisplacement of the support relatively to the wire.

When the cable 11, resting upon the bottom of the loop 3, is drawntherethrough in the direction of the arrow 12 in Fig. 2, the engagementof the spaced hooks 6 and 7 with the wire 10, and the engagement of thehook 6 with the arm 9 will prevent the tilting of the bottom of the loop3 in the direction of the arrow 12; and, when the cable 11 is drawnthrough the loop 3 in the direction of the arrow 13, the engagement ofthe spaced hooks 6 and 8 with the wire 10, and the engagement of thehook 5 with the arm 9 will prevent the tilting of the bottom of the loop3 in the direction of the arrow 13.

The top and bottom arms of the hook 6 .are made to diverge from theclosed end of the hook, as illustrated, so that as the sup port 2 tendsto resume its normal condition after being applied to the wire 10, thearms of the hook 6 will bind the wire 10 and the around the arm 9 andthe wire 10 arm 9 between them, irrespectively of any irregularitieswhich may occur in the wire 10 and arm 9;

I claim:

1. A cable support comprising a cable receiving loop adapted to extendtransversely beneath a supporting wire, a hook on one end portion ofsaid loop, an arm extending laterally from said hook, a hook on theother end portion of said loop, said hooks facing different directionsand being adapted to be hooked around said wire from opposite sidesthereof, the last named hook be beneath a supporting wire,

ing adapted to cooperate with said arm and said wire to lockthe firstnamed hook upon said wire. 7

2. A cable support comprising a cable receiving loop adapted to extendtransversely a pair of laterally spaced hooks one of which is connectedto one end portion of saidloop, an arm connecting the hooks of saidpair, a hook connected to the other end portion of said loop, said pairof hooks and said hook facing different directions, and being adapted tobe hooked around said wire from opposite sides thereof, and said hooksbeing adapted to cooperate with said arm and said wire to lock said pairof hooks upon said wire.

3. A cable support comprising a cable-receiving loop adapted to extendtransversely beneath a supporting wire, a hook on one end portion of theloop and adapted to be hooked over and to engage saidwire and having anarm extending therefrom in the direction of said wire, and a hook on theother end portion of the loop and adapted to be hooked around said arm.

4. A cable support comprising a cable-receiving loop adapted to extendtransversely beneath a supporting wire and having end portions adaptedto cross each other beneath said wire, one of said end portionsterminates in a hook adapted to be hooked over said wire from one sidethereof, the other of said end portionsterminating in a hook adapted tobe hooked over said wire from the other side thereof, and one of saidhooks having an arm extending laterally therefrom in the direction ofsaid wire, and through the other of said hooks, and a hook on said armand following the lines of the first named hook in spaced relationthereto and adapted to be hooked over and to engage said wire.

5. A cable support formed of a single piece of wire bent'to form ahookadapted to engage a supporting wire, then bent to form a cable-receivingloop adapted to extend transversely beneath said wire, then bent to forma second hook adapted to extend over and engagesaid wire, then bent toform an arm extending in the direction of said wire'and through thefirst named hook, and then bent to form a third hook adapted to engagesaid wire.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature hereto.

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